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FDR's gambit : the court packing fight and the rise of legal liberalism /

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When Franklin Roosevelt proposed adding up to six new justices to the Supreme Court in 1937, a firestorm exploded. FDR was accused of 'Court packing,' dictatorial ambitions, political trickery, undermining the rule of law, and undercutting judicial independence. Drawing upon extensive arch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalman, Laura, 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
United States. > Supreme Court > History > 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945
United States. > Supreme Court
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
Judges > Selection and appointment
Politics and government
United States
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Praise page
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface-.Court Packing as History and Memory
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Roosevelt v. "The Nine Old Men": March 1933-.February 1936
  • 2. Victory-.and Its Fruits: April 6-.December 26, 1936
  • 3. Bright Prospects, Bold Opposition: January 1-.March 3, 1937
  • 4. A Change in Tune at the White House-.and at the Court?: March 4-.April 11, 1937
  • 5. "Talk of Compromise . . . Heard Everywhere": April 12-.May 25, 1937
  • 6. "Prestige": May 18, 1937-.November 8, 1938
  • 7. Afterlife: 1937-.2022
  • Afterword-.About Those "Later Historians": Historians, Political Scientists, Law Professors, and "1937"
  • Abbreviations for Manuscript Sources
  • Notes
  • Index.